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"Nice unit, but there is no way to expand the memory."
3.0 starson by ballershaunPros: Good graphic & crispy layout, Short satellite lock time, Customizable POI's, Ability to make map corrections and share them.
Cons: Lack of memory expansion. No SD or micro SD card slots for furture map updates.
Summary: Buyer beware! I have a few questions about TomTom's new Go 2405TM & 2505TM. I noticed that both are limited to 4GB of internal memory with no SD or micro SD card slot for expandable memory. What happends when you update the maps? Won't the units eventually run out of memory? Map updates will require more memory in the future. Are the lifetime map updates deemed useless up to a certain point once the memory gets used up completely?
What if I want to add an additional map; such as Europe? Do I have to temporarily remove an existing map to install a map of Europe? What if the map of Europe is a larger memory required map than the map I removed temporarily?
I'd rather go with the Garmin Nuvi 3790LMT. That's the best stand alone GPS unit in the market for now. And Garmins have memory slots for expandable memory in their units. But I'd whate until the price came down. $449.99 is the lowest I've seen the Nuvi 3790LMT go for at Costco. Hopfully the price will come down to $399.99. Then I'd buy.
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If it (Go 2405) had an SD or micro SD card slot for memory expansion, I'd give it a 5 star rating.
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Tomtom's USA/Canada/Mexico maps run about 1.8gb on earlier devices. There's additional detail on the new GO 2405/2505 maps, so they're probably a bit larger. But it should easily fit on 4gb with lots of room to spare.
Additional maps aren't available for the GO 2405/2505 yet (they're too new). But the way it works on older Tomtoms is that if you want to purchase a European map, you can swap your American map out and put on Europe, and swap back to the American one when your trip is over.
An 8gb version of the GO 2405 has cleared the FCC, but there hasn't been an announcement whether/if it will actually be sold in the USA.
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